Photo: Thomas Hanses (EBU) [AdSense-B]   Good afternoon, Tel Aviv. What an exciting night Semi-Final 1 was!  But no rest for us in the press center, on stage, or behind the cameras as we prepare for the first full-length Dress Rehearsal of Semi-Final 2. Today, we will see the first run-through of the show, including the postcards and the interval …

[AdSense-B] Yesterday, we asked #YOU to vote for which ten songs you’d predict to qualify for Saturday’s Eurovision final, and #YOU certainly didn’t dissapoint! We had a massive response to the poll and we are now finally ready to reveal your results! First in the readers’ poll went to Greece’s Katerine Duska, who was predicted as the team’s runner-up in …

[AdSense-B] After months of preparation, selection shows, dramatic twists and turns, rehearsals and media events, it’s finally crunch time for seventeen of this year’s participants. Tonight, the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 begins with the first semi-final, live from Tel Aviv! We will be live with the final rehearsal at 15:00 CET before tonight’s live Semi-Final, where we will provide a …

[AdSense-B] The first full dress rehearsal of the first semi-final has now taken place in Expo Tel Aviv, Israel. With seventeen countries taking part, but only ten spots in the final up for grabs, we now have to start asking the difficult questions. Which ten countries are going to make it to Saturday’s show? Vote in our poll below for …

Photo: Thomas Hanses (EBU) [AdSense-B]   Good afternoon, Tel Aviv. We are in the press center after taking the morning off to sleep off the late night at EuroClub and an early morning visit to the beach to kick off the very first full-length Dress Rehearsal of Semi-Final 1. Today, we will see the first run-through of the show, including …

[AdSense-B] Day Nine saw the final round of second rehearsals of 2019 with the six prequalified countries having a further chance to perform and perfect their acts. We also had the orange (yellowy-red?) carpet event in the evening to mark the beginning of the contest itself! From now on, the performances count – Monday, Wednesday and Friday are the performances …

[AdSense-B] The young Greek-Australian singer Leea Nanos wants to represent Greece in 2020, according to her Instagram page, and has launched a social media campaign to gain the attention of the Greek broadcaster. The 16 year old performer was one of the ten acts in this year’s Australia Decides with the uptempo pop track “Set Me Free”, but was not …

[AdSense-B] Earlier this week, we spoke to a returning artist in this year’s Eurovision, as Hungary’s Joci Pápai rehearsed for the second time in Tel Aviv. We spoke to the performer about his special connection to Israel, his feelings about returning to the contest and also how “Az én apám” has a special connection to him. #YOU can watch our …

[AdSense-B] Yesterday afternoon, we saw the Big 5 (France, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom and Germany) and our host nation Israel rehearse on the Tel Aviv stage for the first time, marking the occasion of seeing all 41 countries perform on the Eurovision stage! Since this is all new and exciting, we wanted to know which performances #YOU were impressed by …

[AdSense-B] Yesterday, the Greek-Georgian pop star Tamta spoke to us following her second rehearsal of “Replay”, and was happy to chat to our correspondent Fernando! The two spoke about the meaning behind the song and her work with the producers and writers, as well as why she didn’t join the Eurovision family until this year, and showed off her language …